- Date
- February 12, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hastings, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3264PPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840212003219A
- Case key
- 35500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft dragged a wing during landing after a ski had failed during takeoff. The plt stated that after takeoff he noticed that the left ski had turned over or dropped down in front. He landed the acft on the rwy and the ski tore off digging the landing gear hub into the sod and snow. The front ski restraint cable bracket had failed allowing the ski todrop to a vertical nose down position after takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3264P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 186768
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Revoir
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Hastings, NY
- Destination
- Fulton, NY
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 531 total · 531 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.